28/11/12……New electronic chip race system for Thame 10K

THE annual Thame 10km road race is Thame?s largest mass participation sports event which, from a humble start in the 1980s as a charity fund raiser for the Thame Boys Brigade, has grown to one of the key sporting fixtures in Thame.

The event sees 1000 runners pounding a course through the town centre to Towersey and back along the Phoenix Trail. Thame Runners took over the organisation of the event after the first year but have kept the charities principle, allocating profits to local Thame charities. From the rain-soaked 2012 event, cheques totalling